The Atlantic Canada Offshore Petroleum Industry Escape, Evacuation and Rescue Guide is the culmination of a joint effort among offshore industry operators, drilling contractors and regulatory authorities. The resulting Guide is intended to assist operators with respect to escape, evacuation and rescue (EER) by establishing the broad performance goals of escape, evacuation and rescue emergency response. The concept of a performance or goal based approach to escape, evacuation and rescue was envisioned in the report by the Royal Commission on the Ocean Ranger Marine Disaster, 1985 recommendations 81 and 107.